Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies::The FCC reaffirmed a decision not to award Starlink a nearly $900 million subsidy for offering 100Mbps/20Mbps low-latency internet service in 35 states.

  • Patches@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I’m 15 miles away from a major city of 150,000 people and they don’t run anything out “this far”. I can use Starlink, 4G internet, or pound sand.

    I am hardly ‘remote’. Cable companies suck dick.

    My last apartment was within the city but for whatever reason we didn’t have any companies run cable to the building. The neighbor complex got it but we didn’t for years. That was a city of 200,000.

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      11 months ago

      Wow! Been there, done that, in BOTH scenarios. Starlink came along well after my ISP days, no idea what it’s like, but it’s gotta beat hell out of 56K and old-school satellite.

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        11 months ago

        Anything beats out old-school satellites. I don’t understand how they have not evolved even a little bit.

        50GB Data Cap and that’s it. You might as well not have any Internet after that because it will be so slow.

        That’s not even enough for me to work from home for 30 days. No streaming, no Netflix, no gaming.

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      11 months ago

      4G Internet implies that there’s a fiber connection to that tower, and that tower can’t be far away. This is more like an intentional decision by the providers.

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        11 months ago

        The tower is less than half a mile away. I can see the FAA light at night from my front porch.

        That’s great to hear 😭